Feleboga

Summer 2024 is almost gone, and we couldn't be happier about having played for wonderful audiences and met old and new friends at the Nääsville Bluegrass festival in Sweden, the Festival Herbe Bleue in France and Banjoree in Germany. Thanks for having us and see you all again soon!

Feleboga had a great time at "Strenger i gress" in beautiful Gulsrud on the shores of Tyrifjord, just an hour outside of Oslo. Paul was hired to teach the vocal workshop and Feleboga was invited to play a "camp concert" on the fringe of the official festival program and had a wonderful, large and attentive audience. The Bluegrass crowd certainly was interested in our old-time music! On the second day our Kattinge friends of the New Valley Stringband from Sweden arrived and we had a roaring old-time session.

We finally put the tracks from our CD "Feleboga Coffee Break" out on the net.

Find them on Soundcloud and on Youtube!

Since the end of May we have been getting together with Paul (and now also with others) and played half hour shows every Wednesday at 5 PM Oslo time. You can watch us on Facebook www.facebook.com/appleblossomoslo/live or you can check the playlist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL33Ujth5UVlfok64Fuw58WQ_a4JjlS-eE

Like everybod else Feleboga has been staying home and staying safe. But there is still a lot to do as people are imaginative in finding alternatives to meeting for sessions and concerts. The Richmond Old-time gathering in London was just held online this weekend and we managed to contribute on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hanshinrich.thedens/posts/10156680202701017?notif_id=1586614925556657¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic. 

Every night we are playing the "Noony tune" of the day, following an initiative…

Our CD "Tugboat to Hamburg" has been delivered and will be available from CDBAby and us directly shortly.

Unfortunately CDBaby has closed their online shop. While we are looking for an alternative, just write to hans@feleboga.com and we will send you CDs!

After two short sets at the American Lutheran Church in Oslo we headed out to Alix' place for more stringband recordings. SOME DAY they will add up to a CD!

Here is a little taste of our trio concert in Germany at Easter-time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6es_1cTwfwE

As usual we had a great time first playing for our friend Bjørn's birthday party in Copenhagen, then jamming with our friends, the Kannes and then playing concerts at Eiscafé Sass and Lütt Matten in Germany.

So we made some more recordings in Oslo. Together with those from Germany the MIGHT become a CD, but in the meantime enjoy them on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/clawhammerhardanger/sets/recordings-october-2016

So we had a great time with the whole stringband in old stomping grounds. We took the boat and then drove through Denmark and performed at the Lord Nelson's Irish Pub in Brunsbüttel before rehearsing new material and making demo (and potential CD) recordings in Dithmarschen. With a simple 4 mic setup, all in the same room we focused on songs and tunes with Paul singing lead. He even made up some new lyrics. Wednesday night we played a Kulturkneipe Bornholdt in Meldorf. On the way home we stopped by our…